i picked mr. choi up, walked him over, put him in the passenger side of the car, told him to put his head down. i didn't think they would throw rocks or bottles at me but i knew if mr. choi raised his head they would. >> were you mindful at that point you could have been a victim as well? >> very, very much mindful. >> that the mob could have attacked you? >> yeah. >> why'd you do it? >> i don't know. you can't just not do something. >> reporter: that he still regrets all these years later that he wasn't able to help that trucker, reginald denny, who was being beaten within an inch of his life on live television. >> the tv is on and we're now watching reginald denny be attacked at the same intersection that mr. choi was at. we're now watching it on tv. >> terrible. and there's no police presence down here. they will not enter the area. this is attempted murder. >> what was going through your head or your heart? >> that -- i wish that i was there. >> 25 years later, it still gets to you. why? why?

i picked mr. choi up, walked over. put him in the passenger's side. down. i didn't think they would throw rocks or bottles at me. if he raised his head. >> you could have been a victim as well? >> very, very much mindful. >> the mob could have attacked you? >> yeah. >> why did you do it? >> i don't know. you can't just not do something. >> what he still regrets all these years later, that he wasn't able to help that trucker, reginald denney being beaten within an inch of his life on live television. >> have compassion for any body. you have to understand at that time, please. at that time, the compassion line was closed. >> reporter: told from many perspectives. let it fall, reveals the many truths of one moment in time. even the members of the so-called, l.a. fourks the men convicted in connection with the reginald denney attack. tell their story. >> look at what they're doing to us. they're killing young black men. they're killing threats. >> they're for anything that isn't black doesn't mean nothing to me at all. know what i'm saying. that's not right. i

mr. choi is a teacher and author advocate for civil rights. self-taught historian and became an expert on the chinese-american experience. he believed the contributions of chinese americans at that availment of the nation have been ignored [inaudible] secondly we lost gladys hansen san francisco's longtime city archivist an expert on the city's history who died last month she was 91. ms. hansen was in charge of the city's library san francisco collection which he turned into a nationally recognized reference library. she was the best known for her book denial of designs which called the hidden history of 1906 earthquake and fire research found the death toll of the disaster was much higher than the city admitted at the time. finally, we lost kevin starr, former state librarian teacher journalist and author whose encyclopedic eloquent writings by the california made him the premier chronicle of the state history died in january in his native san francisco. he was 76. so right now, i like to bring up the mayor again. mayor lee, we have a wreath

was one the 3 individuals to whom the rove was dedicated the other two were gladys and mr. starring he he was a proirlg chinese-american and proirlg of chinese-american history architect, professor, thorough, activist devoted family man and researched and promoted much of what we know about the many significant contributions chinese-americans made towards the development of our country i community roll in americans history phil passed away at the age of '90 diagnosed with cancer this year like me grew up in san francisco chinatown and attended city college and grateful for having known him personally he listed in the arm air corp. and trained mississippi he missed the rash injustice towards blacks his advocacy on behalf of of the civil rights is timely given the recent anti immigrant policies of the current modification and this year is also the one and 35 anniversary of the bar of chinese people from mating to the us after world war ii graduated if uc berkley as an architect i want to honor his contributions to the chinese-american community phil choi was tireless this wri

was one the 3 individuals to whom the rove was dedicated the other two were gladys and mr. starring he he was a proirlg chinese-american and proirlg of chinese-american history architect, professor, thorough, activist devoted family man and researched and promoted much of what we know about the many significant contributions chinese-americans made towards the development of our country i community roll in americans history phil passed away at the age of '90 diagnosed with cancer this year like me grew up in san francisco chinatown and attended city college and grateful for having known him personally he listed in the arm air corp. and trained mississippi he missed the rash injustice towards blacks his advocacy on behalf of of the civil rights is timely given the recent anti immigrant policies of the current modification and this year is also the one and 35 anniversary of the bar of chinese people from mating to the us after world war ii graduated if uc berkley as an architect i want to honor his contributions to the chinese-american community phil choi was tireless this wri

was one the 3 individuals to whom the rove was dedicated the other two were gladys and mr. starring he he was a proirlg chinese-american and proirlg of chinese-american history architect, professor, thorough, activist devoted family man and researched and promoted much of what we know about the many significant contributions chinese-americans made towards the development of our country i community roll in americans history phil passed away at the age of '90 diagnosed with cancer this year like me grew up in san francisco chinatown and attended city college and grateful for having known him personally he listed in the arm air corp. and trained mississippi he missed the rash injustice towards blacks his advocacy on behalf of of the civil rights is timely given the recent anti immigrant policies of the current modification and this year is also the one and 35 anniversary of the bar of chinese people from mating to the us after world war ii graduated if uc berkley as an architect i want to honor his contributions to the chinese-american community phil choi was tireless this wri